“Time isn’t precious at all, because it is an illusion.”
Ekhart Tolle
“All that we see are but shadows on the wall of the cave.”
Plato
“Water is the soul of the earth, passing through the body of time..”
Jean Giono
INTRO
Skaiddevik is an original cinematic world, unfolding as a serialized mystery-drama rooted in myth, nature, and memory.
Written, designed, and creatively directed by Andrey Gaev, this project explores the edges between the visible and the invisible — where water meets stone, and reality dissolves into vision.
🎬 An AI-powered visual narrative. A handcrafted metafable.
📍 Filmed in the mind. Rendered through machines. Rooted in the North.
ABOUT THE PROJECT
What is Skaiddevik?
A fictional northern town hidden among fjords, forests, and layers of perception. Inspired by Twin Peaks, Scandinavian folklore, and spiritual metaphysics, Skaiddevik is both a place and a metaphor — a lens on grief, memory, illusion, and rebirth.🌀 Dual timelines.
🕯️ Spirit vs Matter.
🌊 Dominant elements: water, stone, wind, silence.This is a longform AI-assisted cinematic series, where each episode expands the universe through visual poetry and narrative threads.
HISTORY / ORIGINS
his project began as a feeling.
Fog. Silence. A girl in a mask.
The North.“I wanted to make something that felt like a dream I once had — a dream that wouldn’t leave.”
Originally conceived in fragments by Andrey Gaev, Skaiddevik evolved into a deeply structured narrative. The mythos draws from:
Sámi culture
Norwegian landscapes
Vedic and Sufi metaphysics
Carl Jung’s dream theory
Sacred geometry and ancient alphabets
HOW I WORK
This is a hybrid human–AI creation.
The process includes:
✏️ Scriptwriting & World-building (original lore, metaphysical logic, symbolic layers)
🎨 Design & Visual Development (via Figma, Midjourney, DALL·E, FigJam)
🎥 Cinematic Storyboarding
🧠 AI Collaboration for motion, editing, and voice
🗂️ Structured Narrative Pipeline: From mind map → scene breakdown → animatic → render
Tools used:
Figma, ChatGPT, Midjourney, Suno, ElevenLabs, Adobe Premiere Pro, Abobe Illustrator
CHARACTERS & elements
Steinar – the boy of stone
Maya – the woman of water
Andra – the mirror of desire
The Town – alive, watching
Lavvo – the world beyond reason
Water (Вода) – Life, transformation, cleansing. Most powerful element.
Stone (Камень) – Endurance, silence, timelessness.
Fire (Огонь) – Purification, death, transition to other realms.
Air (Воздух) – Spirit, thought, invisibility.
Wood (Дерево) – Growth, memory, connection.
Prime Element (Первоэлемент) – Beyond time and space. Source of all. Represents divine order
